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Kung Fu Panda 3 has won the top spot in this week’s US box office chart.

The ​third instalment in the comedy franchise, which stars Jack Black as high-kicking panda Po, came in as a new entry and went straight to the top, taking $41,000,000​.

The animation knocked last week’s chart-topper, The Revenant, into second place, as it earned $12,400,000​.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens slipped one place into number three after taking ​$10,782,000​, while disaster film The Finest Hours was a new entry at number four with earnings of ​$10,327,000​.

Ride Along 2 rounds out the top five, with ​$8,345,520​, and The Boy falls one spot into number six, with earnings of ​$7,894,000​.

Dirty Grandpa is at number seven with ​$7,575,000​ while The 5th Wave is down to number eight after taking ​$7,000,000​.

There’s another new entry at number nine, with parody movie Fifty Shades of Black entering the charts with ​$6,186,648​.

The top ten is completed by 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, which earned ​$6,000,000​ this week.

The top ten in full is as follows:

1. (-) Kung Fu Panda 3 – $41,000,000

2. (1) The Revenant ​– $12,400,000

3. (2) Star Wars: The Force Awakens​ – $10,782,000

4. (-)  The Finest Hours – $10,327,000

5. (3) Ride Along 2​ – $8,345,520

6. (5) The Boy ​– $7,894,000

7. (4) Dirty Grandpa​– $7,575,000

8. (6) The 5th Wave​– $7,000,000

9. (-) Fifty Shades of Black – $6,186,648

10. (7) 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi​– $6,000,000

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The Revenant has claimed the US box office following a quiet second week.

Leonardo DiCaprio’s drama knocked Ride Along 2​ off the top spot with $16m.

Elsewhere, Star Wars: The Force Awakens is at two with $14m, having earned a total of $879m in the US.

Last week’s number one Ride Along 2 is down to three with $12.9m, and Robert De Niro’s Dirty Grandpa is new at four with $11.5.

The Boy and The 5th Wave are also new at 5 and 6, earning $11m and $10m respectively.

Meanwhile, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi is at 7 with $9.7m and Daddy’s Home is at 8 with $5.7m.

Finally, Norm of the North is at 9 with $4m and The Big Short rounds out the top 10 with $3.5m.​

1. (2) The Revenant – $34,040,000

2. (3) Star Wars: The Force Awakens– $29,500,000

3. (1) Ride Along 2- $25,120,000

4. (-) Dirty Grandpa  – $16,000,000

5. (-) The Boy – $9,300,000

6. (-) The 5th Wave – $6,675,000

7. (4) 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi – $5,792,000

8. (5) Daddy’s Home – $5,200,000

9. (6) Norm of the North – $4,420,000

10. (8) The Big Short – $3,447,000

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The US finally has a new number one film, after Ride Along 2 took $34m to knock Star Wars: The Force Awakens off the top spot after five weeks.

The comedy sequel is new at one, while Leonardo DiCaprio’s The Revenant stays at two and The Force Awakens is at three with $25m.

Meanwhile, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi​ is new at four with $16m, while Daddy’s Home is at five with $9.3m.

Norm of the North is at six with $6.6m and The Forest is at seven with $5.7m.

The Big Short is at eight with $5.2m and Sisters is at nine with $4.4m.

Finally, Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight is at ten with $3.4m.

1. (-) Ride Along 2 – $34,040,000

2. (2) The Revenant – $29,500,000

3. (1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – $25,120,000

4. (-) 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi​ – $16,000,000

5. (3) Daddy’s Home – $9,300,000

6. (-) Norm of the North – $6,675,000

7. (4) The Forest – $5,792,000

8. (7) The Big Short – $5,200,000

9. (5) Sisters – $4,420,000

10. (6) The Hateful Eight – $3,447,000

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There are no prizes for guessing the number one film in the US this weekend, after Star Wars: The Force Awakens claimed the box office for the fourth successive week.

The sci-fi epic claimed $41.6m to see off competition from Leonardo DiCaprio’s The Revenant, which is at number two with $38m.

Meanwhile, Daddy’s Home is at 3 with $15m, The Forest is new at 4 with $13m and Sisters rounds out the top five with $7m.

Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight is at 6 with $6.35m and The Big Short is at 7 with $6.3m.

Finally, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip drops to 8 with $5.5m, Joy is at 9 with $4.5m and Concussion is at 10 with $3m.

1. (1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens– $41,630,000

2. (23) The Revenant – $38,000,000

3. (2) Daddy’s Home – $15,000,000

4. (-) The Forest– $13,088,000

5. (4) Sisters – $7,170,000

6. (3) The Hateful Eight – $6,351,000

7. (7) The Big Short -$6,300,000

8. (5) Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip – $5,500,000

9. (6) Joy – $4,500,000

10. (9) Concussion – $3,050,000

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens has started 2016 on top of the US box office, continuing its reign in the number one spot.

The film, which is the seventh instalment in the sci-fi saga, ​took $88.3m over the weekend of January 1-3.

Daddy’s Home had to settle for second place for the second consecutive week, taking $29m, while The Hateful Eight soared into third place with takings of $16.2m.

Sisters maintained its number 4 position with $12.5m while Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip rounded out the top 5 with $11.8m.

Joy is in at 6 after earning $10.4m and The Big Short drops a spot into number 7 with $9m.

Concussion is at number 8 after taking $8m, Point Break finishes the weekend at number 9 with $6.8m and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 completes the top ten with $4.6m in takings.

1. (1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – $88,300,000

2. (2) Daddy’s Home – $29,000,000

3. (10) The Hateful Eight – $16,240,000

4. (4) Sisters – $12,580,000

5. (5) Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip – $11,800,000

6. (3) Joy – $10,400,000

7. (6) The Big Short -$9,000,000

8. (7) Concussion – $8,000,000

9. (8) Point Break – $6,845,000

10. (9) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part Two– $4,625,000

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